62

This article is about the year 62. For other uses of 62, see 62 (number).

Centuries: 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century

Decades: 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s – 60s – 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s

Years: 57 58 59 60 61 – 62 – 63 64 65 66 67

Events

• A great earthquake damages cities in Calabria including Pompeii.
• Battle of Rhandeia – Romans under Lucius Caesennius Paetus are defeated by a Parthian-Armenian army under King Tiridates of Parthia (Iran).
• Paul of Tarsus is imprisoned in Rome (approximate date).

Births

Deaths

• Sextus Afranius Burrus, praefectus preatorianus and good friend of Nero's tutor Seneca.
• Aulus Persius Flaccus, Roman poet
• James the Just, brother of Jesus (martyred)
• Gaius Rubellius Plautus, second cousin of Nero (executed).